Ebony Surname
Approximately 531 people bear this surname
Ebony Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 344 | 1:514,950 | 25,488 |
| Uganda | 111 | 1:351,705 | 23,045 |
| Israel | 35 | 1:244,504 | 22,492 |
| Iran | 31 | 1:2,476,856 | 81,358 |
| England | 6 | 1:9,286,343 | 223,652 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 1:884,876 | 13,055 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Suriname | 1 | 1:552,616 | 9,664 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
Ebony (38,674) may also be a first name.
Ebony Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ebony Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Ebony has its highest incidence in Nigeria. It may also occur as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Ebony? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 588,441st most frequent family name worldwide, held by around 1 in 13,724,192 people. The last name Ebony is primarily found in Africa, where 86 percent of Ebony live; 65 percent live in West Africa and 65 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 22,865th most frequently held first name throughout the world, held by 38,674 people.
This surname is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is borne by 344 people, or 1 in 514,950. In Nigeria Ebony is most prevalent in: Cross River, where 53 percent reside, Abia, where 8 percent reside and Lagos, where 8 percent reside. Without taking into account Nigeria it is found in 8 countries. It is also found in Uganda, where 21 percent reside and Israel, where 7 percent reside.
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Ebony
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